Brad - As far as I know these are not available. I searched far and wide for
one when restoring my MKII Spit. I even called a listing in Hemming's motor
news that advertised they could match brake and vacuum line to original. The
did not have a pattern for the Spit vacuum line. I ended buying a length of
brake line about the right diameter. I then carefully hand bent it to match
pictures in the Spitfire & GT6 Guide to Originality book of early Spitfire
engine bays.
Good Luck
Ralph Jannelli
'65 MKII Spitfire
'72 MKIV Spitfire
'80 TR8
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Kahler <Brad.Kahler@141.com>
To: james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
Cc: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: vacuum line needed
Does anyone know of a source for the original steel vacuum lines
used on the Mk1 spitfires? I've looked around but have never been
able to locate any.
Thanks
> I have got the propper hard hose new from my local moterist center
> before. The ones you get on the Spitfires apper on most brittish car's I
> have seen. I tryed replaceing my vacume hose on my Metro with a rubber
> one, it didn't run the same or as good as with the old hard plastic one
> (untill it snapped). -- James Carpenter Yellow '79 spit wired by a
> trained marmot
"Taxation WITH representation isn't so hot, either!"
Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (In "Teething" Mode right now)
1966 TR4A CT72398L (Now complete with Surrey TOP <VBG>)
1951 Dodge Truck 82217766 B-3-B-108 (Sheet metal going to body shop now)
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